MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS TO REGULATE HYDRODYNAMIC AND ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE UTILIZING BULK VISCOSITY ENHANCERS - Patent 1281002

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EP 1 281 002 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.03.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	05.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/06

(21)	Application number: 01935446.3

(22)	Date of filing: 10.05.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F15C 1/04

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0115/465

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0108/6249 (15.11.2001 Gazette 2001/46)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

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Priority:

11.05.2000 US 203498 P

(71)	Applicant: Caliper Technologies Corporation
	Mountain View, CA 94043-2234 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CHOW, Andrea, W. Los Altos, CA 94024 (US) BROOKS, Carlton Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US)

(74)	Representative: Paget, Hugh Charles Edward et al
	MEWBURN ELLISYork House23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)

(54)	MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS TO REGULATE HYDRODYNAMIC AND ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE UTILIZING BULK VISCOSITY ENHANCERS